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Smoke and Mirrors (Score:5, Interesting)
by mrboyd (1211932) on Monday August 25, @06:03PM (#24743309)
Welcome to Dubai everyone where the greatest design meets the big money and the best projects a build out of nothing but desert sands.... OR NOT...
I can answer his question about whether "food supply and waste system are taken care for" the answer is NO. Dubai sewerage system has been operating at twice its capacity for a couple of years and the new plant which is due in a couple of years is already not enough.
For a quick overview of how glitzy this town really is you can check those:
2 weeks sewerage flood
http://www.gulfnews.com/Nation/Society/10225546.ht ml [gulfnews.com]
This was only one "small" issue amongst too many to list. The government and whatever service in charge were overwhelmed and incapable to do anything to fix it. Or didn"t care. Let"s note that the residential complex has been built about 250 meters away from the sewerage treatment plant. Smell of shit can be enjoyed night and day there even where there is no flood. glitzy..
Dubai is about glitz and money, big tower and man made island but all that is nothing but smoke and mirror, the reality is that the town has not much to live up to the reputation it is trying to build for itself by announcing mega-project over mega-project while finishing none of them.
* Palm Island: Delayed. Some apartments were released and the outside walls started cracking due to foundation issues. Who would have thought building on wet sand would be tough. :)
* World shaped Island: Delayed.. no one talks about it anymore around here. Full media blackout. Official statement is "Everything has been sold, we are on track". On track for what? when? no one knows. I doubt anyone ever bought any of those island. For half the price you"d get your own real island in SE Asia where the weather is nicer and the repression is much gentler.
* Burj Dubai, biggest tower in the world. Well according the the view by my window... Delayed
* Dubai Mall (biggest mall in the world, or so it says): Was supposed to open two weeks back in August but when I passes by it yesterday they were still busy pouring concrete.
I could go on and on with my rant. I just want to add that we live behind a filtering proxy that bars any website that dares commenting against the UAE and it is very well possible that slashdot will go bye bye for a few days because of this comment. Just as it already did last year.
Forget about mega-projects announced by Dubai Gov or related entities. It"s nothing but an attention whoring press release from a city that would love to play in the big league.
If you care to come around to verify that by yourself you"re welcome but be careful what you pack though: http://thetruthaboutdubai.com/?p=4 [thetruthaboutdubai.com]
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